Sari Nusseibeh, Hanan Ashwari and a large group of Palestinian
intellectuals and public figures
We the undersigned feel that it is our national responsibility to
issue this appeal in the light of the dangerous situation engulfing
the Palestinian people. We call upon the parties behind the
military operations targeting civilians in Israel to reconsider
their policies and stop driving our young men and women to carry
out these operations. Suicide bombings deepen the hatred and widen
the gap between the Palestinian and Israeli people. Also, they
destroy the possibilities of peaceful co-existence between them in
two neighboring states.
We see that these bombings do not contribute towards acheiving our
national project that calls for freedom and independence. On the
contrary, they strengthen the enemies of peace on the Israeli side
and give Israel's aggressive government, led by Sharon, the excuse
to continue its harsh war against our people. This war targets our
children, elderly, villages, cities and our national hopes and
achievements.
Pushing the area towards an existential war between two people
living on the holy land will lead to destruction for the whole
region. We do not find any logical, humane or political
justification for this end result.